Invasive plant species on Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Invasive plant species on Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Invasive plant species on Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
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Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names Family Habit<br />
Mimosa pigra<br />
Mimosa pudica<br />
Momordica<br />
charantia<br />
English: catclaw mimosa, thorny sensitive<str<strong>on</strong>g>plant</str<strong>on</strong>g>, giant mimosa, giant<br />
sensitive <str<strong>on</strong>g>plant</str<strong>on</strong>g>, black mimosa, zaraz, dormil<strong>on</strong>a, bashful <str<strong>on</strong>g>plant</str<strong>on</strong>g>, amourette Fabaceae<br />
violet; French: amourette riviére<br />
English: sensitive <str<strong>on</strong>g>plant</str<strong>on</strong>g>, sleeping grass; French: sensitive; Other:<br />
betguen sosa (Guam); memege (Niue); mechiuaiu (Palau); limemeihr<br />
(Pohnpei); ra kau pikikaa (Cook Islands); vao fefe (American Samoa and<br />
Fabaceae<br />
Samoa); mateloi (T<strong>on</strong>ga); tho ngandr<strong>on</strong>gandro, tho kandrodandro,<br />
cogadrogadro (Fiji); pohe ha'avare, pope haavare (Tahiti); tuitui, lajwania<br />
(from Ecoport, source not given)<br />
English: balsam-apple, bitter-mel<strong>on</strong>, bitter gourd, balsam pear, squirting<br />
cucumber, cerasee, peria; Other: almagosa, atmagosu (Guam);<br />
Cucurbitaceae<br />
atmagoso (Guam, CNMI); markoso (Palau); kerala (Fiji); meleni 'ae<br />
kuma, vaine 'initia (T<strong>on</strong>ga)<br />
M<strong>on</strong>tanoa<br />
hibiscifolia<br />
English: m<strong>on</strong>tanoa, tree daisy, Anzac flower Asteraceae shrub<br />
Muntingia calabura<br />
English: jam tree, strawberry tree, Jamaican cherry, Singapore cherry,<br />
Panama cherry, Panama berry, ornamental cherry, calabura, sirsen;<br />
Other: budo (Yap, Palau); manzanilla, mansanita, manzanita (Guam,<br />
Tiliaceae tree<br />
CNMI), capulin (Fiji, French Polynesia)<br />
Murraya paniculata English: orange jessamine, satin-wood, Chinese box Rutaceae shrub/tree<br />
Myriophyllum<br />
aquatic<br />
English: parrot's feather, water feather, Brazilian water milfoil<br />
Haloragidaceae<br />
aquaticum<br />
herb<br />
Ne<strong>on</strong>ot<strong>on</strong>ia wightii English: glycine Fabaceae vine<br />
Nymphaea spp. English: water lily Nymphaeaceae herb<br />
Ochna serrulata English: ochna, Mickey-Mouse <str<strong>on</strong>g>plant</str<strong>on</strong>g>, bird’s-eye bush Ochnaceae shrub<br />
Ochna thomasiana English: Micky Mouse <str<strong>on</strong>g>plant</str<strong>on</strong>g>, bird’s-eye bush Ochnaceae shrub/tree<br />
Ochroma<br />
pyramidale<br />
English: balsa, corkwood, down tree Bombacaceae tree<br />
Od<strong>on</strong>t<strong>on</strong>ema<br />
tubaeforme<br />
English: fire spike, cardinal flower Acanthaceae shrub<br />
Olea europaea<br />
English: olive<br />
Other: ‘oliwa, ‘oliwa haole (Hawai'i)<br />
Oleaceae tree<br />
Operculina<br />
ventricosa<br />
English: paper rose, St. Thomas lidpod; Other: alalag (Guam); palulu<br />
(Samoa); fue hina [?] (T<strong>on</strong>ga)<br />
C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae<br />
Opuntia spp. English: prickly pear; Other: lengua de vaca (Guam) Cactaceae<br />
succulent<br />
shrub<br />
Ossaea marginata<br />
Melastomataceae<br />
Oxyspora<br />
paniculata<br />
English: oxyspora, bristletips Melastomataceae shrub<br />
Paederia foetida English: stink vine; Other: maile pilau, maile ka kahiki (Hawai'i). Rubiaceae vine<br />
English: Guinea grass, green panic, buffalograss; French: herbe de<br />
Panicum maximum<br />
Guinéa, panic élevé, capime guiné, fataque; Other: saafa (T<strong>on</strong>ga)<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Panicum repens<br />
English: torpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic; French: panic<br />
rampant; Other: wainaku grass (Hawaii)<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Parkins<strong>on</strong>ia<br />
aculeata<br />
English: parkins<strong>on</strong>ia, Jerusalem thorn, horse-bean, retama Fabaceae tree<br />
Paspalum English: paspalum, dallis grass, water grass; French: paspalum dilaté,<br />
dilatatum<br />
herbe sirop, herbe de miel; Other: hiku nua (Niue)<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Paspalum English: fimbriate paspalum, winged paspalum, Panama paspalum,<br />
fimbriatum Panama crowngrass, Columbia grass<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
English: rice grass; ditch millet (Fiji)<br />
Paspalum<br />
Other: co duru levu, tho nduru levu, tho ndina, tho ni ndina (Fiji); karasi<br />
orbiculare<br />
(Solom<strong>on</strong> Islands)<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Paspalum<br />
paniculatum<br />
English: Russell river grass, galmarra grass Poaceae grass<br />
Paspalum urvillei English: Vasey grass Poaceae grass<br />
Passiflora alata English: wild passi<strong>on</strong> fruit Passifloraceae shrub<br />
Passiflora caerulea English: blue passi<strong>on</strong> flower Passifloraceae shrub<br />
Passiflora coccinea English: scarlet passi<strong>on</strong> flower, Red Passi<strong>on</strong>-flower, Red Granadilla Passifloraceae shrub<br />
English: passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, yellow passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, purple passi<strong>on</strong> fruit, qarandila,<br />
Passiflora edulis purple granadilla; Other: liliko’i (Hawaii), pompom (Pohnpei); vaine t<strong>on</strong>ga Passifloraceae<br />
(T<strong>on</strong>ga); pasio (Samoa)<br />
vine<br />
shrub<br />
herb<br />
vine<br />
vine<br />
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